Word: yancey
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Dates: during 1902-1902
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...most extensive paper treats of the conditions and problems of the lower South from 1820, how its political ideals and aspirations were formed, culminating in the final act of 1860, the secession of Virginia. The other papers touch in an interesting way on "The Orator of Secession," Benjamin Cudworth Yancey, "The Resources of the Confederacy" and "The Ku Klux Movement." The last two essays, "A New Hero of an Old Type" and "Shifting the White Man's Burden," treat more recent subjects; the former showing how the new South has contributed to our list of heroes in the war with...